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More than 300 pages of internal emails, memos and correspondence obtained by the Sun show how the Energy Department thought it had the upper hand in getting its way with nuclear waste, over the state's objections.

Gov. Brian Sandoval has canceled a speech at a fundraiser for the Washoe Republican Party this month after the party chairman and other party leaders appeared to lament the transition of women to the workplace from a more traditional domestic role raising children.

Asked on the public affairs television program To the Point if the AFL-CIO would back Republican incumbent Rep. Joe Heck over Democrat Erin Bilbray based on what Heck does on immigration reform, Danny Thompson left the possibility open.

After a couple years of watching the dysfunction of the Nevada Republican Party apparatus mostly from afar, Gov. Brian Sandoval and Sen. Dean Heller have begun an attempt to remake it into an organized machine that can earn the trust of donors and elected officials alike. But it's not easy.

Gov. Brian Sandoval won't follow suit with Utah and three other states that are seeking to reopen national parks with state funds as the federal government shutdown heads into Day 11. Sandoval's spokeswoman Mary-Sarah Kinner said today that Nevada doesn't have the resources to open federal parks such as Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.

The Senate Republican caucus today announced it is endorsing a pair of GOP women to run in two of the state's most competitive districts next year-- two of three races that could determine which party controls the Nevada State Senate.

Assembly Minority Leader Pat Hickey handed Democrats a neatly packed petard when he seemingly cheered the fact that minority and young voters would sit out next year’s election to the benefit of GOP candidates. But was he right?

In the past decade voters statewide have rejected a slew of tax increase propositions for everything from schools to police officers to road projects. It means proponents of the 2014 ballot question to create a margins tax have a tough row to hoe.

Nevada Republican Chairman Michael McDonald said he was blindsided by a long-time Republican operative who decided to launch a last-minute bid for McDonald's position this week. McDonald said he welcomes Robert Uithoven — a Reno-based lobbyist who represents the Las Vegas Sands-- to the race, but warned that Uithoven has some catching up to do if he wants to make it a competitive race.

Las Vegas Democrat Sanje Sedera today announced he will run for Assembly next year, becoming the first candidate to officially throw his hat in the ring for outgoing Assembly Speaker William Horne's seat.

On a recent trip to Nye County to start testing the waters in rural Nevada for a possible run for lieutenant governor, Lowden was subjected to a tongue-lashing from Kenny Bent, a Ron Paul Republican who isn’t yet willing to let bygones be bygones when it comes to the 2008 convention

A conservative group is working to pre-empt Republican Sen. Mark Hutchison's Labor Day weekend tour of rural Nevada with robo-calls and newspaper ads attacking him for supporting a failed measure to increase mining taxes.

In December, Gov. Brian Sandoval endorsed a tax increase to hire more police officers despite his fundamental position that higher taxes are bad for the economy. Internal emails reveal how that decision came about.

As Republicans begin the process of deciding where to hold its next national convention—an event that is as much about the image of the party as anything else — Las Vegas has a few legs up on our Midwestern counterpart.

As state Sen. Mark Hutchison works to wrap up Republican support in his bid for lieutenant governor, his wholehearted support of a proposal to increase mining taxes is hurting him with at least one elected Republican.

Will the GOP capture the 2016 opportunity to rebuild itself — the way Democrats did in 2008 — or will it wind up being the national laughingstock it became when it botched the 2012 presidential caucuses?

If you received all of your economic news from Gov. Brian Sandoval’s campaign Twitter feed, you’d be exuberantly optimistic about everything from the jobs outlook to the business climate. But does it match what economists are saying?

U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, at the behest of the Poker Players Alliance, is taking a second stab at introducing legislation that would make online poker legal for players — no matter which state they live in — and give the federal government regulatory oversight of the practice.

U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., returned to Las Vegas today to continue recuperating from major heart surgery performed in Fairfax, Va. During a recent routine exam, Horsford learned he had a hereditary heart condition that required immediate surgery.

When the Sacramento Bee uncovered the practice of the state-run mental hospital in Las Vegas busing some of its discharged patients out of Nevada with little more than a bottle of Ensure, Nevada Democrats knew they had the kernel of a scandal to hang around the popular governor’s neck. The news releases started almost immediately. They only intensified as Gov. Brian Sandoval initially avoided questions about the practice as the Bee stepped up its coverage.

Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., said this week he does not support the Senate's comprehensive immigration bill, but will continue work on a series of bills the Republican majority in the House is beginning to craft.

For the first time in recent history, four party leaders who had never experienced a leadership position ran the Nevada Legislature. Each had ups and downs: Democrats stuck together to push through a progressive agenda while Republicans stayed united enough to block a significant tax increase and hand Gov. Brian Sandoval his $6.6 billion budget largely intact.

After handing Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval a budget that funds nearly all of his priorities, some in the Democratic majority consoled themselves with one mantra: This is the most progressive Legislature in history.

The state’s most powerful industry is poised to come out of this legislative session the victor in a number of key battles that it asked lawmakers and Gov. Brian Sandoval to broker for them. “So far, it’s been an OK session,” a leading gaming lobbyist said.

An hour-long hearing Sunday on Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick's second attempt to clean up the live entertainment tax left some lawmakers questioning why the time was spent on a bill that the Legislature has no appetite to pass. Even Kirkpatrick acknowledged the likelihood, vowing to bring the effort back next session.

After the 2013 Legislature whispers its way to a close Monday, it will not be known as a session of the dramatic tax fight. But as tame as this session has seemed compared with past sessions, it hasn’t been without its moments of drama.

Sen. Joyce Woodhouse, D-Las Vegas, flew home to Las Vegas late Friday to be with her husband, who is gravely ill with liver cancer, making control of the Senate an issue in the final days of the legislative session.

Negotiations over Gov. Brian Sandoval’s $6.5 billion proposed budget entered into their final frenzied hours Friday, as lawmakers rushed to put their own mark on the state’s two-year spending plan before the session officially adjourns Monday.

Gov. Brian Sandoval on Wednesday defended the Public Utilities Commission — a regulatory panel he appoints — after U.S. Sen. Harry Reid described it as a "little bureaucracy" with too much power over the energy market in Nevada.